Be Careful What You Wish For

[moonrover]

Check out Mat Coch's latest...

http://www.pitpass.com/46346-Be-Careful-What-You-Wish-For

good points somehow...

[TokyoAussie]

Disagree.

I don't think anybody ever said cars were not driven quickly, in clean air, at times. The main gripe is that aero prevented cars slipstreaming they way they once did; even prevented them getting close enough. I can't remember the last time I heard that word, assuming you don't count DRS, which I don't. Heck, all they talk about now is "bad air."

It was inevitable, I suppose, but "racing" could be a lot better (now and back then) with sensible aero regs. Which, for some reason, seem to be the only regs that never get changed. Double diffusers and blown diffusers don't count, not until they start with that monstrous front wing.

[gourami]

Are you kidding? The rear wings and front wings (most of the aero) have been significantly changed since early this decade... but more and more aero research by the teams has clawed back much of the loss... I think minimum spec wings, diffuser... heck... chassis... could dramatically kill aero advantages and return to a (Indy style?) ability to chase and pass cars... but is that what we want?

Kill DRS, double KERS allowance and I'd dare say the racing would still be pretty good... the last three seasons have been good from a racing POV.
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[moonrover]

in one aspect, we can compare football with handball, there are much more goals in handball, but those fewer football goals worth more.

so is the overtakes, less possible passing of the past was much more precious than now. rarity sometimes is not that bad.

but I agree having 5 dif winner in 5 races and lots of passing won't harm.

[The Rumble Strip]

With seven different winners out of the first seven different races, it's looking certain to be the most open championship in years, bettering even the 2010 version.

Perhaps the purists do have a point over issues with DRS and tyre strategy but perhaps the essence of F1 is the nature of its competition, good clean racing.

We've been getting a lot of that thus far in 2012.

[francisn]

[The Rumble Strip]

I take the point and admit to being rather sceptical over the concept at first but try to console myself with the fact that it seems to work in much the same way as things did in the turbo era days.

The turbo era was at its height when I first started watching the sport, so perhaps my memory is clouded in that respect in remembering how just how good it was.

I guess yu can call it a sort of throwback to happier by gone days and perhaps that contributes to my thinking on why DRS is not that bad after all.

[francisn]

[Ash]

[francisn]

[bawjohnson]

DRS detracted from the Canada race in my opinion, what could have been a really interesting last gasp fight for position in the final laps with the racecraft and positioning of cars by the best drivers in the world on show became one car simply driving round the others with a sense of inevitability, I found it really anticlimactic, to be honest.

[Podge 90]

[bawjohnson]

It was due to the tyre call by McLaren yes, but the advantage on the newer tyres coupled with the DRS straight line advantage meant that there was no race to the flag, just the shaking out of the tyre strategy.. I'm for DRS if all it does is create opportunities (i.e. allows one driver to get alongside another) but one driving past the other like they're an HRT being lapped was ridiculous

[Ash]

Faster car in getting past slower car shocker!

[IMSA Racer]

I guess I really don't mind the DRS, but the manditory use of both tire compounds does bother me a bit.

If teams were allowed their own tire strategies and management, we just may see some additional interesting scenarios develop.

Soft tires? - More pitstops and position strategies.

Hard tires? - Fewer pitstops and possibly traction issues.

Combination? Who knows? It may come down to luck and timing.

To me racing has always been similar to a chess match except the chess board and rules can change in the blink of an eye forcing contestents to constantly reinvent their respective strategies.

And that in and of itself is the beauty of racing - any racing.

And I do have to agree with Mat that history is the way we choose to remember it in our minds and may not be the full story as things really happened.

Just my thoughts, of course . . .
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